English

Proper noun

Tanagra

1. A city in southeastern Viotia prefecture Greece
2. Used to denote a style of terracotta statuary from 5th-3rd centuries BCE.
   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1005:

     He advanced, touched the covers with his fingers as if to identify and greet the author of each, and then progressed towards the group of Tanagra figures in their glass case.

Translations

French

Noun

tanagra f ‎(uncountable)

1. Tanagra

Italian

Noun

tanagra f ‎(plural tanagre)

1. tanager